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PATENT WILBUR C. JAMES, or DAYToN, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR To THE UNITED STATES PLAYING CARD COMPANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,054, dated October 19, .1897. Application filed May 1,1897. SerialNo. 634,689. on) model.)

To all whom it mayconqern:

Be itknown that I,IWILBUR 0. JAMES, a

resident of Dayton, Campbell county, State of Kentucky, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Game Scorers, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates: to game-scorers, and has for its object to produce an apparatus by which progressive games can be scored correctly and with certainty.

My invention is particularly applicable to scoring progressive-euchre games.

My invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The invention will be understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in which-- Figure 1 illustrates a'pouch or bag for containing the tallies. Fig. 2 is a front view of the tablet of tallies. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 shows different kinds of tallies detached from the tablet and subdivided.

Referring particularly to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, A is a tablet consisting of detachable tabs or tallies a b c d, &c., which are progressively longer and are by preference of different or contrasting colors at an edge or over the whole surface of the tally. Each tally may bear a designation'of the result of the game, shown in the present instance as the word.

Winner, a designation of the table at which the game wasplaye'd, designated in the present instance as First table, a designation of the number of the game in the series,

- and a designation indicating the sex of the person to whom the tally should go. In the present instance the letter L, designating Lady, is printed on one half a b c d, &c., of each tally a b c d, and. the letter G, designating Gentlemen]? printed on the other half of the tally. Areceptacle or pouch B is likewise provided for use with the tallytablet. It will be observed that the tallies a b c d constitute a series whose individual members are of progressively greater lengths, so as to show a projecting edge beyond the edge of its neighbor. In order, however, not to have the tablet of too great a length, as would be the case if a large number of progressively longer leaflets or tallies were used, I preferably construct the tablet of several superposed series'B O D, each comprising a number of tallies a b c d, arranged in the (Shown in in half along the perforated line c and the half marked L given to the winning lady and the part marked G given to the winning gentleman. These tallies are placed in the winners pouches and at each successive game the same operation is repeated, each slip being numbered at the time the game is won with the number of the player winning the same, so as to provide an additional check. When all the games have been played, the pouches are handed in and all that it is necessary to do is to count the slips in each pouch, the person having the greatest number of slips or tallies having won the greatest number of games being the winner. It is obvious that any mistake on the part of the player who held the pouch during the evening will be apparent when the count is being made, as the tallies, besides bearing the designation of the sex of the person and the table at which the game was played, likewise bear the designation of the number of the game and the number of the player, so that mistakes in scoring can readily be detected. Each tally may have more than one line e to be divisible among more than two partners. The contrasting colors at the edges of the superposed tallies serve to prevent the removal of more than one by mistake.

What I claim, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is

1. An apparatus for scoring progressive games, comprising a tablet of superposed tallies or slips of various lengths and bearing the designation relating to the game, whereby designations upon the various tallies may be observed without removing superposed tallies.

2. An apparatus for scoring progressive games, comprising a tablet composed of a series of superposed tallies of contrasting colors and different lengths, each bearing the designation of the result of the game, the number of the game and the sex of the player to whom the tablet is to be delivered at the conclusion of the game, whereby the colors of the tallies of succeeding games are exposed to view as well as the tallies of the game being played, substantially as described.

An apparatus for scoring progressive games, consisting of a tablet comprising a plurality of superposed series of tallies bearing the designation relating to the game, each of which is separable from one or more corresponding tallies for the same game and which is individually separable from the tablet, the tallies of one game projecting beyond the edge of the tallies of another game,whereby designations upon the various tallies may be observed without removing superposed tallies.

4. An apparatus for scoring progressive games, comprising a tablet, the adjacent leaves of which are of contrasting colors and of different lengths, each leaf being formed of two or more tallies separable from each other and from the tablet, and each leaf hearing a designation of the sex of the winner, the number of the game and the table at which the game is played, substantially as described.

XVILBUR 0. JAMES.

Witnesses:

JNo. II. WILLIAMS, F. D. JAMIsON. 

